* stu seven <stu7seven at gmail.com> [2005-10-03 19:00:54 -0400]: > *** Alex - excellent... thank you for answering. > *** I wonder... you may know... will there be > *** a newer release of Sarge, including any of > *** the newer Scribus releases on CD already ?
New point releases of stable distribution are only supposed to address security concerns. They will not update packages for other reasons to avoid introduction of new bugs. > *** This is the always best for me, as I don't have > *** an internet connection for debian online upgrading. Sorry, but you have to download scribus or scribus-cvs package somehow. If you have access to a faster connection at work or at some friend's place you can download only the package you need to get Scribus running and then install those locally by using dpkg (dpkg -i package.deb). You can see what packages Scribus requires you to have at http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/scribus. > *** I did try a binary 1.2.3... but this caused me > *** troubles with my computer... because, any > *** unpacking or access of that file seemed to > *** start some binary running... what would happen > *** is my zip just start clicking, and couldn't complete > *** the unpacking or moving, or whatever... no good :) > *** Also I did try the day before a tar.gz, which unpacked, > *** OK, but did not include a newer lib file... so I am trying > *** today again... hopefully, a file called "diff" actually > *** contains the new files needed ? I dont know yet. > *** Alex is a lucky fellow... debian and Scribus are tops ! Stu. It looks like you are new to the software building process under Linux. There is nothing wrong with that. However, you can save yourself from a whole lot of trouble by using pre-compiled packages like those I provide for Sarge. That's why they are there for. Regards, Alex. > On 10/2/05, Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex at tagancha.org> wrote: > > > > * stu seven <stu7seven at gmail.com> [2005-09-30 18:35:40 -0400]: > > > > > Since I have installed Scribus (from Debian) > > > all these are newer... especially, I was interested > > > in the OpenOffice Writer import... but, after > > > several times trying to install this, too many > > > libraries not with my Debian CDs. > > > Here is my question really... if I download > > > all the required files, then, can I install these > > > with my existing packages, or will they cause > > > some conflict ? Could I for instance, make a > > > little directory just for new packages, and > > > still run my older applications ? > > > Sorry about this... Im sure it is a newbie > > > question... but I don't want to ruin what is > > > there already. Thanks to all Scribus developers... > > > use it all the time... terrific. > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm the guy who makes Scribus debian packages, so I feel I am in a > > position to > > answer your questions. > > > > 1. Please read the > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_on_Debian_GNU/Linux page. Add > > the > > necessary source line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and run "apt-get > > update; apt-get install scribus" (or "apt-get install scribus-cvs for > > 1.3.x > > series, or both). If apt tells you that it has to fetch more megabytes > > then > > your connection can sustain in a reasonable amount of time then note which > > packages it wants and download them on a faster connection. Then copy > > those > > packages to your system and run "dpkg -i package_file.deb" for each one of > > them as root. Using apt-get or its front-ends such as aptitude or synaptic > > is > > the easy way. And your system will properly upgrade and maintain all the > > packages if you use apt. I will make sure you can always get the most > > recent > > Scribus packages from those repositories mentioned on wiki. > > > > If you run into more problems please email me and I'll be happy to assist > > you. > > I really want to keep Debian users of Scribus happy :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alex > >
